The Toronto-based cable, telecom and media company said it
added 65,000 postpaid wireless subscribers in the second
quarter, and that they paid almost $6 more per month from a year
ago. Postpaid customers typically use more expensive devices and
pay much more for service than prepaid subscribers.

The company also signed up 12,000 landline internet and
5,000 landline phone accounts but lost 23,000 television
subscribers.

"It was hugely competitive, we just happened to have a good
quarter," Chief Executive Guy Laurence said on a conference call
with analysts.

He said Rogers plans to launch an internet-based television
upgrade at the end of this year that should help it reverse a
trend of television subscriber losses.

"We are confident we can start to make a turnaround in cable
in 2017," he said.

RBC Capital Markets analyst Drew McReynolds said the results
were a "notable improvement" after a weak start to the year.
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